Composition for graining



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHNF. HARMS, OF PORT CLINTON, OHIO.

COMPOSITION FOR GRAINING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,714, dated December 23, 1884.

Application filed April 18, 1884.

To (all whom it may concern.-

.Be it known that I, JOHN F. HARMs, of Port Clinton, in the county of Ottawa and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Composition for Graining Purposes, &c.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in the composition of graining or enamel'ing mixtures, the object of the same being to provide a more durable and inexpensive groundwork and graining or enameling coat than those hitherto used, and to further provide a groundwork and graining-coat which shall more per= fectly resemble the different woods.

\Vith these ends in view my invention consists in a groundwork composed, essentially, of dry common paint, turpentine, and varnish, and a graining-coat composed of burnt umber and sour wine. such, for instance, as Venetian red, burnt umber, raw sienna, or lampblackcan be employed for the groundwork. By varying the pigments or the relatir e proportions of the pigments different colors and shades can be produced to suit the taste. To produce the best effect these ingredients are taken in substantially the following proportions, viz one ounce of dry paint, two table-spoonfuls of tur pentine, four drops of varnish, one teaspoont'ul of burnt umber, and one ounce sour wine. To form the groundwork I mix the dry paint Any kind of paint burnt umber. and sour wine and apply the same with asponge or other suitable graining device. plied to protect the graining-coat.

It will be observed that the above mixture contains no drugs, chemicals, lead, or oil, and is so simple to make and use that it requires but little or no ingenuity in its composition,

and any one with a little tact can learn in a short time to apply it with satisfactory results. I also find that it stands the Weather far better than the majority of the compositions for graining now in use, and its inexpensiveness cannot but make it of great value to every family.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

A graining mixture consisting, essentially, of dry paint, turpentine, varnish, burnt umber, and sour wine, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN F. HARMS.

\Vitnesses:

N. A. CLEMONS, J. M. HARMs.

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